LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 295, 7 September 1908, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Yesterday the Huddart-Parker . steamer Victoria, 1 from Sydney, arrived in Auckland at 3.15 p.m. A few minutes later the Rarawa left Onchunga for New Plymouth, so presumably the Australian mail which the Victoria had on board did not connect at Auckland, and consequently will not arrive in Wellington till to-morrow evening. - For the week ending September 5 the Health Department reports '• the following cases of infectious disease: —For the city: scarlet fever 4, diphtheria 2, tuberculosis 3. In the Hutt County: tuberculosis 1. At the weekly meeting of the Wellington Garrison Officers' Club, held on Friday evening, a most interesting lecture on " Explosives" was delivered by Captain Rudman. Colonel A. W. Robin, C.8., Chief of the General Staff, preside^. The Court of Arbitration will remain in AVellingtou until September 14. Sittings in the district centres will then be held as follows:—Napier, September 15;. Wanganui, September 22; Palmerston North, September 25; Masterton, September 29. An anniversary service will bo held to-day at To Ngutu-o-te-Manu, near Okaiawa, Taranaki, on. the spot where Lieutenant G. F. Von Tempsky fell by a Maori bullet just' 42 yeats ago. His Excellency the Governor and the Hon. R. M'Nab are expected to bo present, with troops from Opunake, Manaia, and Hawera, and some of the survivors of the old engagement. The need for improvements to the slieep and cattle j'ards at Greytown was brought under tho notico of the Hon. J." A. Millar and the Hon. J. Carroll on Saturday by Mr/ Loasby, the Mayor of Greytown, during tho visit of the parliamentary party to that place. It was pointed out that' an adjoining area would need to bo added to the yards to give necessary accommodation. At present tho yards are so crowded as to' bo almost useless.

The subscriptions received for the testimonial to the Very Rev. Father Keogh, rector of St. Patrick's College, total £347. The amount was presented to Father Keogli at a meeting of the committee, and was by him handed over to a fund for establishing a chemical laboratory at the college. A number of letters, expressing appreciation of the rectors work for education, will bo, bound and presented to liira, together with the illuminated address. The annihilation of distanco by fast steamboats and trains is wonderful when compared witli what has been, but just as marvellous is the distance which is rendered as nought by tho agency of the telephone. A Gippsland paper of a recent date records how the church choirmaster was detained a distance of soventeen miles away on choir practice night. It was impossible for him to conduct in person, so he secured the use of a telephone, and, heard and directed tho practice which was being held at his own liouso. There was ft large attendance of men and boys in tho Town Hall yesterday afternoon to hear an address by Mr. Bligli, the Wliito Cross lecturer, on "Dangers to Purity." Mr. J. P. Firth presided, and the lecture was preceded by an organ prelude by Mr. Norman Collie, i _ Mr.' Bligli handled a, very difficult subject in a tactful, breezy fashion. Speaking as "a .chap" to other "chaps," he urged manly, medical, and religious arguments again A impurity in a manner that appeared to_ hold his audience impressed. Sir. Bligli said ho had reason to believe, from his correspondence, that his work in New Zealand had been productive of considerable good. The_ executive of tho Northland Ratepayers Association met on Saturday night to discuss matters of interest to the district. Mr. Finljiy M'Leod presided. Reforenco was made to the execllent services rendered to

the district by Mr. A. C. Pearco in his lata capacity of Mayor of Karori. It was unanimously decided to support the proposal that the city council should acquire the Kclburno tram and further to support any movement for the extension of the electric tram via Kclburno to Northland. It was mentioned that the portion of the Botanical Gardens now closed to the public would, if opened, greatly enhaneo the beauty of tho. reserve, and it was decided to approach the City Council authorities to that end. ' On Saturday, beforo Mr. T. S. Lambert, J.P., Mary Collins was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Taranaki Street. Sergeant Rutledgo stated that tho accused's conduct was of' tho worst description; she was a very old offender, this being her fiftieth appearance in Court. In convicting the accused, tho presiding justice said that he had seen her in Manners Strc-et early in the t evening, and her conduct then was most shameless. She was fined £5, with the . option of two months' imprisonment. She chose the 1 latter. One first-offending inebri- , ate, who responded to his bail, was fined 55., lor 24 hours in gaol; and another, who failed to appear to his bail, was fined 10s., with tho usual alternative. Tho first number of a new magazine has been just issued by Messrs. Whitcombe and Tombs. This is " Current Thought," which "is designed to provide tho latest information regarding the literature of tho day, and to help to cultivato a greater love for good literature." Many other subjects than literature, however, are dealt with in tho magazine. There are sections devoted to photography, gardening, science, prominent people, business affairs, homo economy, and politics. Australasian topics and current political questions are also discussed in an informing way. A good article is devoted to Herbert Spencer, and Miss Baughan contributes a clever,and vivid Maori sketch. A Wellington contributor criticises Parliament in some detail under the heading "A Fustion Assembly. There are book reviews and an abundance of literary gossip. Tho magazine, which is attractively produced, and is illustrated with particularly good blocks, should in time establish a securo place in the favour of tho reading public.

The Wellington District Volunteer Rifle Association is now defunct, so far as its formor constitution is concerned. In accordance with tho almost unanimous desire of tho shooting men, the control of the district meetiugs will hitherto be vested in a committee of tho officers of tho garrison. The matter was dealt with at a meeting of the garrison officers held on Friday night, when a strong comniitteo was constituted. Tho committco is a very representative one, and includes, among its members, Major C. D. M'lntosh (Battalion Staff), Captains C. Harcourt and Turner (College Rifles), Menzies (Wellington Navals), Cowles (Battalion Staff), Harton (Post and Telegraph Rifles), M'Diarmid (Highland Rifles), Humo (Electric Light Company), Petlierick (D Battery), Mathoson (Wellington College Cadets), Lieutenants Collins and Bolton (Post and Telegraph Rifles), Roacho (Guards), liollard (Hutt Valley Rifles), Hutchen (Collego Rifles), Skellny (D Battery), and Gibbs (Engineers).

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A meeting of the Wellington Licensing Committee will be held at the S.M. Court this morning. A Press Association telegram from Napier states that tho " Waihi Daily Telegraph" has changed hands, the property having been purchased by Mr N. McEobie, late of Wellington. The Marino Department advise that a magisterial inquiry will be held into tho circumstances surrounding the collision of the steamers Gertie and Penguin last week. No date is yet fixed for tho hearing. While loading pipes on the wharf on Saturday, the jagged end of a broken one came in contact with the arm of a wharf labotirer named Anderson, ripping it for somo length. Tho man was taken to the hospital to have the arm attended to, but it is reported that the injury is not. serious. She was a pretty little lady, with auburn haid, her toute ensemble daintily suggestive of the word "chic," and she was in a hurry to catch a car. Now, when a woman is in a hurry to catch anything, she can see nothing else but that which she wishes to catch. So it came about that when she of the auburn tresses scuttled across the Quay and ran plump into a bicycle, things happened. There was a man ou the bicycle, but he hurriedly left it and slid iffnominiously into tho gutter. The bicycle skidded after him, and the pretty littlo lady—well, sho caught tho car. Yesterday tho New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer. Kaipara was thrown open to the public, and many visitors availed themselves of tho opportunity to look over the vessel. A regrettablo incident, however, occurred. In the saloon was a poor-box belonging to the Shipping Marines Society, and that, together with its contents, has vanished. It is not known how much the box contained, but it is supposed to bo-only a moderate amount. A largo number of children were included among the visitors, and one of the juveniles may have been responsible for the theft. In any case, such a mean olfence is a poor return for the courtesj extended by shipowners and their officers to tho public.